See my thoughts inline. - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Jacqueline Morris <jam@jacquelinemorris.com>wrote:

Hi A few comments:

The first thing I noticed in the definition of Latin America is that Brasil is totally left out, being neither Caribbean nor Spanish-speaking.

Solution: Define the landmass coordinates and note the exceptions for those who are members of CARICOM that are so situated.

The idea of alternating Presidents and Secretariats for one-year terms will make continuity difficult. It takes more than one year to get fully up and running. Swapping out officers every year will basically have the LACRALO administration more dependent on Staff and less effective.

I agree. An amendment to the motion can always be entertained. Or, the motion can be withdrawn for this amendment without prejudice now.

With regard to individual participation, I'm not sure how this will work. Is each individual going to count as an ALS with the aggregate of them counting as no more than 50% of the ALSes in each country?

The important concept is 'aggregate'. And that is just for voting purposes if it comes to that. One individual member to infinity from anywhere and everywhere in LAC counts as 50% in aggregate of the incumbent Country Coefficient. As an example, the Country Coefficient lately is 6.67. If there are 50 of them today, each of their votes would be worth 6.67/50; 0.1334 for the count!

So if, for example, in a country with one ALS, and 1 individual member, does the individual have the same weight of vote as the ALS?

No, not by the arithmetic! See above.

Just my first thoughts and questions.

Jacqueline A. Morris Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and Free. (after Chris Lehmann )

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dear All,

Please see motions for consideration which create and enshrine diversity and representation in our region at

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/877052/LACRALO-Costa-Rica-Events-WG/bylaws/proposals...

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I also recognise the work of the By Law Working group and their draft amendments are located here https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/LACRALO+Bylaw+Working+Group

https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/Draft+modifications+of+the+LACRA...

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Thank you

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